Willem Scholten

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Ferd Grapperhaus
Succeeded by	Fons van der Stee
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 1972 – 1 March 1976
In office 5 June 1963 – 14 July 1971
Parliamentary group	Christian Historical Union

Personal details
Born	Willem Scholten (1927-06-01)1 June 1927 Deventer, Netherlands
Died	1 January 2005(2005-01-01) (aged 77) Leidschendam, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Christian Historical Union (until 1980)
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Economist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Tax collector

Willem Scholten (1 June 1927 – 1 January 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 1 July 1997.^[1]

Scholten attended a

majoring in Tax law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1947 before graduating with a Master of Laws degree in July 1951. Scholten worked as a civil servant for Tax and Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance

from September 1951 until June 1963.

Scholten was elected as a

Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Van Ag-Wiegel following the resignation of Roelof Kruisinga, taking office on 8 March 1978. In August 1980 Scholten was nominated as Vice-President of the Council of State

, he resigned as Minister of Defence on 25 August 1980 and was installed as Vice-President, serving from 1 October 1980 until 1 July 1997.

Scholten semi-retired after spending 34 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Institute of International Relations Clingendael, Society for Statistics and Operations Research, Royal Library of the Netherlands, SEO Economic Research and the Carnegie Foundation) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Public Pension Funds PFZW, Statistics Netherlands and the Public Pension Funds APB).

Scholten was known for his abilities as a negotiator and consensus builder. Scholten continued to comment on political affairs as a statesman until his death at the age of 77 and holds the distinction as the second longest-serving Vice-President of the Council of State after World War II with 16 years, 273 days.

Honours and appointments

Appointments

Netherlands: Minister of State (1 July 1997) with style of His Excellency

Honours

National

Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1 July 1997)
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (15 September 1980)
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (8 June 1973)

Foreign

Belgium: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (5 August 1982)
France: Grand Officer of the Order of Legion of Honour (12 May 1985)
Germany: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (10 December 1990)
Luxembourg: Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (30 November 1986)
Suriname: Grand Officer of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star (12 January 1988)

References

^ "Willem Scholten: onderkoning tegen wil en dank" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

External links

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Official

(in Dutch) Mr. W. (Willem) Scholten Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Ferd Grapperhaus	State Secretary for Finance 1971–1973 With: Fons van der Stee	Succeeded by Fons van der Stee
Preceded by Jan de Koning Ad interim	Minister of Defence 1978–1980	Succeeded by Pieter de Geus
Preceded by Marinus Ruppert	Vice-President of the Council of State 1980–1997	Succeeded by Herman Tjeenk Willink

v t e Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands
Ministry of Defence
Schokking s'Jacob Staf Van den Bergh De Quay Visser De Jong Den Toom De Koster Vredeling Stemerdink Kruisinga De Koning Scholten De Geus Van Mierlo De Ruiter Van Eekelen Bukman Bolkestein Ter Beek Pronk Ter Beek Voorhoeve De Grave Korthals Kamp Van Middelkoop Hillen Hennis-Plasschaert Dijkhoff A. Bijleveld Grapperhaus Kamp Ollongren

State Secretaries for Finance of the Netherlands
Ministry of Finance
Van den Berge Hoefnagels Grapperhaus Scholten Van der Stee Van Rooijen De Goede Nooteboom Van Amelsvoort Kombrink Koning Van Amelsvoort Vermeend Bos Van Eijck Wijn De Jager Weekers Wiebes Snel Vijlbrief Van Huffelen Van Rij De Vries

v t e « 1952–1958 « Dutch members of the European Parliament, 1958–1979 » 1979–1984 »
Labour Party	Wim Albers Nel Barendregt Jan Broeksz Jaap Burger Marinus van der Goes van Naters Arie van der Hek Reint Laan Cees Laban Jan Lamberts Gerard Nederhorst Ad Oele Schelto Patijn Siep Posthumus Jan Pronk Max van der Stoel Henk Vredeling Ep Wieldraaijer
Catholic People's Party	Marius van Amelsvoort Pieter Blaisse Tiemen Brouwer Flip van Campen M.M.A.A. Janssen Pierre Lardinois Joep Mommersteeg Harrij Notenboom Kees van der Ploeg Kees Raedts Piet van der Sanden Maan Sassen Wim Schuijt Wim Vergeer Tjerk Westerterp
Anti-Revolutionary Party	Barend Biesheuvel Jaap Boersma Kees Boertien Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Cees Hazenbosch Jan de Koning Willem Rip Jacqueline Rutgers
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Baas Cees Berkhouwer Frederik Gerard van Dijk Henk Korthals Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen Bob de Wilde
Christian Historical Union	Corstiaan Bos Johan van Hulst Franz Lichtenauer Durk van der Mei Willem Scholten Teun Tolman
Democrats 66	Doeke Eisma Maarten Engwirda
Political Party of Radicals	Henk Waltmans
Communist Party of the Netherlands	Wessel Hartog

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence ) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation ) Science Policy) (1977–1979) († ) Science Policy ) (Ad interim) Science Policy ) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Economic Affairs ) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972–1973)
Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972–1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (1972–1973) Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (from 1973) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Higher Education and Science Policy )
State Secretaries	Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Adri van Es (Defence) (1972) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e First Biesheuvel cabinet (1971–1972)
Preceded: De Jong cabinet Succeed: Second Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Willem Drees Jr. (Transport and Water Management) (1971–1972) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management) (from 1972) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Bé Udink (Housing and Spatial Planning) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (1971–1972) Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (from 1972) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Mauk de Brauw (Higher Education and Science Policy) (1971–1972) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy) (from 1972)
State Secretaries	Jan van Stuijvenberg (Interior) (1971–1972) Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Adri van Es (Defence) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1971–1972) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)